With the start of June, streaming service Netflix has added 6 new anime titles and removed 5 for a total of 77 anime/movies. Among the notables are the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies (recaps Beginnings and Eternal and original Rebellion) and Expelled from Paradise, the sci-fi collaboration anime film between Toei Animation and Nitroplus directed by Seiji Mizushima with Gen Urobuchi, from Aniplex.

As part of the partnership between Nippon TV and Hulu Japan, a new television drama entitled The Last Cop will be hitting the popular streaming website beginning in the summer of 2015. Hit the jump to learn more.

An interesting bit of anime history is now being presented streaming on Hulu. During his work on Studio Pierrot's adaptation of Rumiko Takashi comedy Urusei Yatsura, future Ghost in the Shell director Mamuro Oshii started taking on independent work with 1983's sci-fi Dallos, which has become generally regarded as anime's first direct to video OVA. More after the jump.

In this episode of A3K Radio, we bring you interviews with Hetalia voice actor Patrick Seitz, DC Anime Club president, Christopher Wanamaker and news about Hatsune Miku, Akira, Hulu and music from Animetal USA. Hear this and more at the jump.

The New York Times has an article in today's paper which gives some insight into how and why mainstream services such as Hulu and Netflix and cable channels look at anime, as anime such as Naruto: Shippuden appears on the most watched list alongside major TV shows such as Glee. Read on for more tidbits from the article.

Hayao Miyazaki's 2004 Howl's Moving Castle is now streaming on Netflix, the chronologically ordered first four episodes of Rental Magica is on YouTube, and a stack of Sentai Filmworks anime have been added Hulu. Details after the jump.

Netflix's streaming service had added the chambara scratch classic Samurai Champloo and less than classic, but still memorable mecha versus bugs Blue Gender. Hulu has added, or rotated in, a slew of new streaming anime from the highly recommendable Macross Plus to the far less highly regarded Sword for Truth. Details after the jump.

Now that the anime adaptation of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's Weekly Shonen Jump manga, Toriko, is in full swing, reports have been confirmed as to where its streaming fate lies. In a partnership with Toei Animation, Funimation will be streaming the series beginning on Thursday, April 14 at 6:00 p.m. PDT. The anime premiered in One Piece crossover form on Japanese television (Fuji TV) on April 3.